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Mortgage Interest Relief At Source — Mortgage Interest Relief at Source, or MIRAS, was a scheme introduced in the United Kingdom by Chancellor of the Exchequer Roy Jenkins in 1969 [1] in a bid to encourage home ownership; it allowed borrowers tax relief for interest payments on… … Wikipedia

mortgage interest relief at source — ( MIRAS) A tax subsidy for individuals with mortgages. 10% of the interest on the first £30,000 of a mortgage is eligible for tax relief. For example, if a mortgage of £30,000 incurred £3,500 of interest in the year, the individual paying the… … Financial and business terms

mortgage interest relief at source — /ˌmɔ:gɪdʒ ˌɪntrəst rɪˌli:f ət sɔ:s/ noun a scheme by which the borrower may repay interest on a mortgage less the standard rate tax which he or she would otherwise have to pay on it (i.e. he or she does not pay the full interest and then reclaim… … Dictionary of banking and finance

mortgage interest relief at source — MIRAS Formerly, an arrangement allowing income tax relief to be given to a mortgagor on the first £30,000 of a loan taken out to purchase a main residence. Introduced in 1982 to encourage home ownership, it was progressively restricted from 1994… … Accounting dictionary

mortgage interest relief at source — MIRAS Formerly, an arrangement allowing income tax relief to be given to a mortgagor on the first £30, 000 of a loan taken out to purchase a main residence. MIRAS was progressively restricted from 1994 and abolished in 2000 … Big dictionary of business and management

mortgage interest relief — /ˌmɔ:gɪdʒ ɪntrəst rɪˌli:f/ noun a tax benefit which allows people to pay no tax on mortgage interest payments up to a certain level … Dictionary of banking and finance

interest — in·ter·est / in trəst; in tə rəst, ˌrest/ n [probably alteration of earlier interesse, from Anglo French, from Medieval Latin, from Latin, to be between, make a difference, concern, from inter between, among + esse to be] 1: a right, title, claim … Law dictionary

relief — re‧lief [rɪˈliːf] noun 1. [uncountable] when a bad situation is reduced or stops for a time: • Any sign of relief from price pressures will be welcome news for the economy. 2. money, food, clothes etc given to people who are poor or hungry: • a… … Financial and business terms